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Boeing To Supply Harpoon Missiles To Saudi Arabia

September 25, 2015 @ 04:06 PM

Boeing has won a $22 million contract to supply harpoon air launch missiles to Saudi Arabia. As per the contract, Boeing will be supplying 13 Harpoon full-up round tactical missiles and seven Harpoon air launch missile containers, US DoD said in a statement Thursday

India’s Bharat Dynamics, Electronics Corporation To Collaborate For Defence Systems’ Delivery

September 22, 2015 @ 02:39 PM

Indias Bharat Dynamics (BDL) has signed MoU with Electronics Corporation of India(ECIL) to co-develop missile electronics and weapon support systems. The collaboration will enable both the organisations to enhance business opportunities in the area of missiles and underwater weapon systems for upcoming defence programmes, the companies announced in a statement on...

MBDA To Upgrade UK Typhoons' Air-To-Air Missile

September 16, 2015 @ 12:44 PM

MBDA has won a $462 million contract to sustain air to air missile that is being used by Typhoon jets of Royal Air Force. Under the eight-year contract, MBDA (UK) will design and build the new variant of their Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missile, incorporating updated sub-systems into the...

US, Israel To Co-develop Sling Missile Shield

September 11, 2015 @ 02:19 PM

Israel will sign a deal with the US next week to jointly manufacture Davids Sling air defense system. The talks and negotiations are in progress, US Navy vice Admiral James Syring Director of missile defense Agency said

Turkey's Rocketsan Signs Rockets, Anti-Tank Missiles Deal With Poland

September 8, 2015 @ 03:16 PM

Turkey's Roketsan has signed a deal with the Polish WZL1 firm to integrate two of its products, the Cirit and the UMTAS, into Polish armed forces platforms. Roketsan and WZL1 have agreed to jointly offer Roketsan's Cirit and UMTAS systems solutions to the Polish military, the defenseNews reported Monday

Lockheed Martin Wins Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Contract From US Army, Navy

September 5, 2015 @ 11:15 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $66.3 million contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile(JAGM) program from US Army as well as Navy

US Navy Approves Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile Production

September 3, 2015 @ 02:45 PM

The US Navy has approved Raytheon to set full-rate production of the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II infrared air-to-air missile. The program completed operational test and evaluation earlier this year and Raytheon is now approved to produce missiles at full factory capacity

US 9X Sidewinder Block II Air Intercept Missile Reaches full Rate production.

September 1, 2015 @ 05:02 PM

The US Navy and Air Force air-intercept missile (AIM)-9X Sidewinder Block II that features a “lock on after launch” capability, has reached the full rate production. Approximately 6,000 AIM-9X Blk II missiles will be procured through 2026, the company announced Monday

Raytheon Test Fires AIM-9X Block II missile From US Army Ground Launcher...

August 26, 2015 @ 02:40 PM

The US Army and Raytheon have successfully test fired an AIM-9X Block II missile from the Army's ground-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I (IFPC 2-I) Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher (MML). AIM-9X is traditionally fired from aircraft toward aerial targets

Iran Sets Up Production Line For Air-iaunched Cruise Missile

August 25, 2015 @ 03:34 PM

Iran has begun a production line for air-to-surface cruise missile, Nasr, that is capable of hitting targets accurately within the 35-kilometer range. The missiles have high precision capability, and capable of being fired by various fighters, Irans Defense Minister, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan was quoted as saying by the countrys ISNA news agency at the inauguration ceremony in a report today

Russia Supplies Five Air Defense Missile Systems To Kazakhstan For Free

August 25, 2015 @ 02:00 PM

Russia has delivered five air defence missile systems to Kazakhstans Air Defence Forces for free. “These S300PS air defence missile systems will be tested during live fire exercise and transferred to military bases of Kazakhstans Air Defence Forces to be in operation readiness covering the airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” the Commander of Kazakhstan's AA Troops Nurzhan Mukanov said

Belarus, Russia Begin Development Of New Air Defense System

August 21, 2015 @ 02:46 PM

Belarus and Russia have started joint development of a new short-range air defense system to replace the outdated Strela-10M systems currently in service with their armed forces. “The work is being carried out in the framework of the [Russia-Belarus] Union State

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